 Global Police Agency, Interpol, has elected Emirati, Inspector General Ahmad Nasser Al-Raisi, as its president despite accusations from rights groups that he failed to act on allegations of torture, of detainees in the United Arab Emirates. Although the presidency is a part-time role and does not oversee data of the operations of the agency, the president is a high-profile figure who chairs meetings of Interpol's Assembly and Executive Committee. Human Rights Watch in the Gulf Center for Human Rights said in May that his department had not investigated credible allegations of torture by security forces and elected Nasser Al-Raisi a wood-pulled Interpol's commitment to human rights in doubt. A spokesperson for the UAE, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an international corporation said Nasser Al-Raisi strongly believes that the abuse or mistreatment of people by police is abhorrent and intolerable.